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1. Plot is a Lot Like Sex: Beginnings Hook Readers/Audiences. Endings Create Fans

By: Martha Alderson, M.A., on 9/23/2014
Blog: Plot Whisperer for Writers and Readers (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Recently, I tweeted one of my favorite bits of plot advice:
Beginnings hook readers. Endings create fans.

A writer tweeted back: Sounds a lot like sex. hehe.

This isn't the first time a writer has likened plot advice I give to sex.

The 4th Energetic Marker and crowning glory of the entire book, the Climax often elicits a comment or two about the parallels in the act of sex and ultimate release of energy to the climax of a story.

When such parallels are drawn, I simply smile in appreciation of how the Universal Story shows itself everywhere…

Today I write!
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For plot help:
Read my Plot Whisperer books for writers

Watch Plot Video Workshops Series:

PlotWriMo: Revise Your Novel in a Month ~~ View your story in an entirely new light. Recharge your energy and enthusiasm for your writing. 8 videos (5.5 hours)+ 30 exercises
How to Write a Sell a Picture Book with a Plot ~~ Picture books are without subplots allowing the primary plot lines to shine through. 7 videos + 28 exercises

Facebook group ask questions that come up in either series and share your progress.

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2. 4th Annual Plot Writing Month -- Day Nineteen

By: Martha Alderson, M.A., on 12/19/2011
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The time you spend reading the posts during 4th Annual International Plot Writing Month and exploring the exercises is intended to provide a new way of viewing your story, deepen your passion, fuel your energy for your writing and help you come to a new understanding of the deeper meaning of your story.

So much of writing is by feel. The suggestions during this month are simply ways to help support your groping...

The reason we worked on the End (final 1/4 of story) first is because the Climax decides so many elements in the story overall, two of which are: what belongs in the Beginning and who is the true protagonist.

The protagonist is the character who is the most changed or transformed by the dramatic action in the story AND who takes action at the Climax.

Determine these two elements and you will know who the protagonist of your story is.

Are you confident you have made the correct choice for the protagonist (many writers at this point find that the character they thought they were writing about is NOT in fact the protagonist)? If so, now examine the Climax you have written for insights into what is being revealed about the protagonist.

Think of the protagonist's flaw as the weakest link in her growth.

What does the protagonist have to overcome in herself in order to do what she does at the Climax?

A story is made up of an outer story (the Dramatic Action) and an

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Rachelle Ayala said, on 12/19/2011 8:12:00 AM
I'm happy with my climax and beginning hook. My protag has her inner conflict and her two opposing goals and desires. But I just feel the middle is not dramatic enough. Trying to concoct the villain's motives that makes sense is so convoluted. And I'm still puzzling over the subplot involving her sister.(Who's there to give her someone to care about other than herself). Trying to tie the sister with the crooks somehow.

I suppose I won't figure out the new middle until I rewrite. Somehow I'm like that. The old middle was too "easy". Rushing through November to get to the end. Now I've got to plod along, cause, effect, cause, effect, throwing complications along the way.

Thanks for helping me figure that nailing the beginning and the end is most important.
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3. 4th Annual Plot Writing Month -- Day Seventeen

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By: Martha Alderson, M.A., on 12/17/2011
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Now that you've read your novel, memoir, screenplay all the way through to the end, sit back and close your eyes.

How did the rhythm of the story feel to you?

Which parts of your story sent your belief in its merits soaring?

Where did your belief in your story wane?

For the parts of your story where your energy surged, your story likely works.

Where your energy waned, your story likely needs work.

As you continue to plot out scenes on the plot planner you've made for your story, think only of the energy and rhythm of the piece. Consider how best to improve the energy and rhythm based on what you know now about the energy of the Universal Story.

(***Click on green highlighted plot concepts for further explanations via video. Each time a concept is referenced you are directed to new information about the Universal Story and plotting a novel, memoir or screenplay.)

To familiarize yourself with the Universal Story and the basic plot terms we use throughout December:1) Read The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master (Now also as a Kindle edition)

2) Watch the Plot Series: How Do I Plot a Novel, Memoir, Screenplay? on YouTube. A directory of all the steps to the series is to the right of this post. 27-step tutorial on Youtube

3 Watch the

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4. 4th Annual Plot Writing Month -- Day Fifteen

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By: Martha Alderson, M.A., on 12/15/2011
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As a reward for continuing to show up for your story and yourself, it's time....

Pull out that binder with your manuscript.

With all the work you have done in the first half of the month still fresh in your mind, read your manuscript from beginning to end.
Do not take notes.
Do not edit.
Just read. Like a reader.
Keep in mind the deeper meaning you've been exploring in the past couple of weeks.
Remember, the 1st draft is like channeling the muse. What comes out is often disjointed like a dream. Do not despair at the disjointedness, gaps and less than brilliant prose, the clunky writing that causes you to cringe as you read. Disjointedness is good and right and part of the process.

The next part of the process and the actual craft of writing is to craft the words that came during the generative stage into a pleasing form for the reader.

Be ready to be firm with the critic in your head as you read. Allow for slop. To phrase what comes out in the first draft as "disjointed like a dream" is correct but a bit too clean and lovely. What comes out is really much worse with lots and lots of words that do not always add up to much.

But... that's why we're here, right? To take what came and turn it into a book.

Find a quiet place.

Read....

To familiarize yourself with the Universal Story and the basic plot terms we use throughout December:1) Read The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master (Now also as a Kindle edition)

2) Watch the Plot Series: How Do I Plot a Novel, Memoir, Screenplay? on YouTube. A directory of all the steps to the series is to the right of this post. 27-step tutorial on Youtube

3 Watch the Monday Morning Plot Book Group Series on YouTube. A directory the book examples and plot elements discussed is to

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Yay, the halfway point, the recommit. I hope to transform from despairing to brimming with hope, so I can power up my rewrite.
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5. 4th Annual Plot Writing Month -- Day Fourteen

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By: Martha Alderson, M.A., on 12/14/2011
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We are deep in the middle of the 4th Annual International Plot Writing Month. And, you know what happens in the middle of a story. Challenges intensify. Tension increases. The exotic world becomes more difficult to navigate. Doubts and fears build. If this is happening to you, you can either give up or you can persevere. I'll be here either way. The choice is yours.

Link plot elements from the Beginning to the scenes at End. Link the plot elements in the End to the scenes in the Beginning.

How does the protagonist change, transform, evolve from the Beginning of the story to the End?

Refer to the Character Profile:
How does the protagonist show her flawed self in the Beginning or, in other words, how does the protagonist's flaw appear in the beginning?
How does that differentiate from how she acts at the End?
What newly discovered or reclaimed attribute or character trait replaces the protagonist's flaw in the End?
How is that new character trait demonstrated at the Climax?

Are there elements in one of the scenes in the Beginning that can be refigured or echoed at the Climax?

Are all the plot elements in the End foreshadowed / introduced in the Beginning? How?

(***Click on

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Hi Martha, this has really helped me. I didn't think that hard about my protagonist changing and being more heroic. In my first draft, she resorts to her old bad behavior by running away and leaving a letter. I'm changing this to having her confront the situation head on, and then leave because she believes her presence is a hurtful reminder, rather than just escaping.
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6. 4th Annual Plot Writing Month -- Day Thirteen

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By: Martha Alderson, M.A., on 12/13/2011
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Create the Beginning portion of your Plot Planner similar to the End of your Plot Planner you created on Day Eight.

To review, so far, you have an index card or piece of 8 1/2 X 11 piece of paper or whatever works best for you as the Plot Planner for the End of your story AND a smaller version for the Beginning and Middle where you had plotted at least one or possibly two scenes from the Beginning section and at least one or three at the most for the Middle from Day Five.

Today, you are to expand the Beginning portion to its own index card. Simply draw a line that travels from the left to the right with a gradual ascent that ends at the End of the Beginning.
Write in the
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7. 4th Annual Plot Writing Month -- Day Twelve

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By: Martha Alderson, M.A., on 12/12/2011
Blog: Plot Whisperer for Writers and Readers (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Welcome to Day Twelve of the 4th Annual International Plot Writing Month . As you are finding, this month is completely different in tone and approach to the process you recently used to complete your project's first draft.

Now, rather than give into the mysterious and mystical process of allowing a story to develop, this month is devoted to a more methodical analyzation of the ideas and scenes you have already processed. Whereas the first draft often relies heavily on faith and patience, this month, we ask you to take what you have created and revise it into a form that is satisfying to a reader.

The magic that came in draft one is for you the writer. The deepening that comes in subsequent drafts is for the reader.

Check off what you have accomplished.

Click on green highlighted plot concepts for further explanations via video:

1) Managing NOT to read your manuscript

2) Fill out a Character Plot Profile for your protagonist and major secondary characters and antagonist, if a person -- Day One

3) Print a hard copy of your manuscript and insert in a binder (managing NOT to read your manuscript) -- Day Two

4) Made a list of scenes you remember in your story -- either as plot points or just a list of the events themselves -- Day Three

5) List themes touched on in your story -- Day Four

6) Plot the 3 - 7 scenes/event on a Plot Planner -- Day Five

7) Consider how the major scenes/events are linked togeth

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